Dead fish in our pond -whats going on

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Took a drive today to Brownwood for coffee and on our there we say a ton of birds feeding on the shore. Stopping and a quick walk to the fence we noticed they were eating dead fish.

This was a first for us. In all of the years we have been here we have never seen dead fish floating at this volume. Not just one or two but enough to send a crew to clean. We stopped and asked and they were not sure why this had happened – they had just been told to do a quick cleanup.

Maybe its the lack of rain, maybe its the new construction – we don’t know but we are certainly interested. I don’t think its the red tide, but in all seriousness maybe there is some form of algae? With most of the ponds connected lets hope it’s just a freak thing!

Updated note- Chris from our Facebook post noted that Villages-News.com claimed it was the extreme heat. Thanks Chris – we missed that article.

If you know what might be causing it we would love your input – comment below.

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Extreme heat being blamed for fish kill in pond located at Brownwood
By Staff Report – September 19, 2018

Extreme heat is being blamed for a fish kill at a pond located at Brownwood.

Hundreds of dead fish were scattered around the pond, located to the west of the cattle sculptures near the entrance to Brownwood Paddock Square.

Vultures were gorging themselves Wednesday on the unexpected plenty of the numerous dead fish.

Clarke Aquatic Service, which provides aquatic services at the ponds in The Villages, indicated the fish kill was due to the 90+ degree heart. The warm water contributed to low dissolved oxygen content, which killed the fish.